Well, between Sharon and me, we have spent countless hours researching the route up to Marquette and the route back. Our plan is to travel as many scenic highways as possible, and stay off the interstate system unless absolutely necessary. It is going to be lots of road changes!
The roads between home and the border of Indiana are going to be very curvey. We have the Appalachian Mountains to get through. It is amazing just how strait the roads from the Indiana line thru Illinois are! Says a lot about the topography of the country through Indiana and Illinois - lots of flat wide open land. It gets curvey in upper Illinois and into Wisconsin going around so many small lakes. The roads straighten out once we get up into the Upper Penninsula of Michigan.
I spent most of the morning putting together the 4 driver's packets for the trip. AAA was gracious in supplying me with maps of all the states for each packet - that's 24 separate maps! We are going to not make reservations for most of the nights we are traveling. We thought it necessary to make reservations for the one night we would be traveling through Wisconsin. It seems that folks in that part of the country like to go on vacation in June and most of the motels were booked solid! So, not taking any chances that night!
It looks like the weather is going to cooperate with us - not too hot or too cold! I will keep my eye on the Weather Channel, you never know when the weather will change up in that part of the country. It isn't unheard of to have snow in June in the UP of Michigan. We might see a bit of rain, so with no windshield wipers, we will be sure to use the Rain-X. Amazing how well that stuff works!
I spent most of the morning putting together the 4 driver's packets for the trip. AAA was gracious in supplying me with maps of all the states for each packet - that's 24 separate maps! We are going to not make reservations for most of the nights we are traveling. We thought it necessary to make reservations for the one night we would be traveling through Wisconsin. It seems that folks in that part of the country like to go on vacation in June and most of the motels were booked solid! So, not taking any chances that night!
It looks like the weather is going to cooperate with us - not too hot or too cold! I will keep my eye on the Weather Channel, you never know when the weather will change up in that part of the country. It isn't unheard of to have snow in June in the UP of Michigan. We might see a bit of rain, so with no windshield wipers, we will be sure to use the Rain-X. Amazing how well that stuff works!
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